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The resort setting hasn't yielded any results for the Black and Gold. The Saints are just 7-12 since they moved training camp to West Virginia.

But at least Sean Payton and company can say the weather in August in the Allegheny Mountains is much cooler than New Orleans.

The Pelicans are spending a week working out on tennis courts turned into basketball courts. Forget the state-of-the-art training facility that our tax dollars helped build in Metairie.

West Virginia and The Greenbrier it is for the Pelicans. What's also insulting is that Pelicans practices are never open for fans in New Orleans, but workouts will be in West Virginia.

The 2015-2016 Pelicans season is the most anticipated since the NBA relocated back to New Orleans in 2002. Off the court, the team is on solid-footing financially and has a long-term lease with the state. On the court, the team is coming off a playoff berth and it's led by a once-in-a-generation talent like Anthony Davis.

So much good is happening for the Pelicans. But instead of building off all the positive momentum and allowing local fans to watch workouts and feel close to something special, it's West Virginia that gets to feel special.

Look, I understand getting away for training camp and building camaraderie. I'm actually all for it. So here's an idea the Pelicans should have looked into:

Staging training camp at the Cajun Dome in Lafayette. The great people of Acadiana were recently dealt with a horrific tragedy over the summer.

The Pelicans could've show they're for Louisiana and want to do something to be part of the healing. Going to Lafayette, meeting fans and conducting free open-to-the-public practices would've been a small, but classy gesture that could expand the Pelicans brand into areas that could turn into future strongholds for fandom.

Or imagine this: Holding training camp at Barksdale Air Force Base in north Louisiana. Anthony Davis would be on display for the men and women who serve our country and stationed in Louisiana. Sounds pretty great to me.

But no such luck. Bad decision-making wins out, which I guess isn't all that surprising. The Pelicans are owned and operated by the same hierarchy as the Saints. And as we're seeing right now, their recent bad drafts and bad free agent decisions are plentiful.